Report of the Joint select committee appointed to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, so far as regards the execution of laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States and Testimony taken.

ALABAMA — SUB-COMMITTEE. 1995
Answer. Just below Mr. Eggleston's place, about a quarter of a mile on the military
road.
By the CHAIRMAN:
Question. Who besides Lowe was whipped?
Answer. A fellow named Bob Stocksville and Dock Johnson. Henry Lowe is out
doors here now. Dock Johnson is not here.
Question. Did these men all leave their places after they were whipped?
Answer. Yes, sir; every one of them had to leave their homes.
Question. Did they own land?
Answer. No, sir; some of them were just working on shares; but they had to leave.
Question. Is your wife here?
Answer. No, sir; she was sick; she could not come here. Mr. Bailey was at my house
this morning, and he said for me and my wife to come; but she was sick and could not
come.
By Mr. BLAIR:
Question. Is this man Brunson on the place you now live on?
Answer. No, sir; I say, in Alabama, we both lived in a mile of one another.
Question. And he lives now six miles from town?
Answer. No, sir; he lives out here on the military road.
Question. Where?
Answer. Out here at the edge of the town.
Question. He lived close by you?
Answer. Yes, sir; he did that.
Question. You belonged to old Mr. Hargrove?
Answer. Yes, sir; that was my master-Daniel Hargrove. I don't suppose there is
many men in Columbus here but what knew him; but the old fellow is dead, though,
now. Professor Hargrove, that used to preach here in Columbus, was his son.
Question. Where does he live at this time?
Answer. I am told he lives in Franklin County, Tennessee.
Question. What were the names of the other men whipped?
Answer. Dock Johnson, Henry Low, Samuel Low, and Bob Stocksville; and there
would have been a heap more of them whipped if they hadn't laid out. Some of them
laid out until they got frost-bit.
Question. This was immediately after you had voted?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. When was that?
Answer. Well, it was last November that we were whipped; the third day in November, I think, last fall, that we voted in Alabama; and they put out an oration that they
intended to whip every damned nigger that voted.
By the CHAIRMAN:
Question. These men you have named had all voted the radical ticket?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. I forgot to ask, did you know any of the men concerned in whipping you?
Answer. No, sir; they were disguised so I did not know them; but I just thought the
private opinion, or public opinion-it wasjust our own neighbors right around us; that
was just said amongst the people; that it was just our own neighbors that lived
around us.
By Mr. BLAIR:
Question. A man said you had voted against him?
Answer. Yes, sir; he said, "You voted against me, God damn you; I am going to
whip you for it."
Question. You know whom you voted against?
Answer. Yes, sir; I voted against the democrats.
Question. Which democrat?
Answer. The whole county, pretty nigh, was democrat, except the colored people. I
can tell you who I voted for. I voted for Hays and Smith; you know them, I expect.
By the CHAIRMAN:
Question. Governor Smith and Charles Hays?
Answer. Yes, sir; they is the men I voted for, and I expect all of you heard of the
speech they were to make in Carrollton in November-Smith and Hays; they started
there to make their speech, and they shot at them, so they never got there; but stil;
they did not kill either of the men.
By Mr. BLAIR:
Question. Did you see them shoot at them?